Ferrari seek to overturn Vettel's Mexico penalty

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Ferrari sought a review of Sebastian Vettel's Mexican Grand Prix penalty on Thursday after saying new evidence had emerged since the decision was made 11 days ago.

Four-times world champion Vettel went from fourth on the track to third and then back down to fifth after Formula One stewards applied post-race time penalties to Red Bull's Max Verstappen and then himself.

The German was demoted for making a dangerous move while braking as Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo attempted to overtake.

Whiting said stewards considered three key points regarding the Vettel incident -- whether a driver had to take evasive action, whether an abnormal change of direction was made in the braking zone, and whether it was potentially dangerous.

"They felt Sebastian had moved under braking; that was very clear from the data, and also pretty clear from the video, of course," he said.

"It was potentially dangerous and it was an abnormal change of direction which could have led to an accident."

Whiting added that footage from a track camera, which hardly anyone had seen, showed Vettel moving to the right and then, in the braking zone, to his left.

He said the stewards had felt that was a potentially dangerous situation.

Vettel, who was also watching the video evidence, disagreed and said he moved once to defend his position and gave Ricciardo enough space on the inside.

"I kept the car straight for more than the majority of the braking so I think the reason why...Daniel locked up so bad is because there was no grip on the inside," the German explained.